Via Cal Pundit, President Bush has fired two members of his Bio-Ethics Council who dared to disagree with him. From the Post:

President Bush yesterday dismissed two members of his handpicked Council on Bioethics — a scientist and a moral philosopher who had been among the more outspoken advocates for research on human embryo cells.

In their places he appointed three new members, including a doctor who has called for more religion in public life, a political scientist who has spoken out precisely against the research that the dismissed members supported, and another who has written about the immorality of abortion and the "threats of biotechnology."

This is one of those moments that, while utterly and completely repulsive, make total sense to me. Bush believes these people are wrong, so why would he have them on his council? Debate? Healthy exchange of ideas? Not necessary.

The science community must be horrified by this administration.